climb along with the flood waters. we re learning at this hour that sheriff offices across the coast getting a number of calls from people trapped in their homes they didn t evacuate but as the lead county sheriff s office said winds need to drop to 45 miles per hour for them to safely attempt these rescues. we re going to have every corner of this disaster covered from reporters on the ground to residents in its path. but we begin in an area where residents have been advised to shelter in place, the tampa saint pete region and that s where we find fax weather s max gordon who is standing by. max what are folks bracing for there tonight? p pfrjts hey there, laura. well, this is an area where folks here were expecting the storm to make a direct hit and although it moved further to the south we aren t necessarily out of the woods just yet. some areas here are expecting around 20 inches of rain, and we are experiencing some of those heavy bands of rain right now as well as those
guys are pushing out of the bay. see if it can catch on fire, it s on fire and we didn t want the station to go down. of trace: water kills, whether it s flooding, whether it s driving into it. whether it s storm surge, that s what kills you. one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula, but the fact is there s going to be damage throughout the whole state and people and other parts of the state be prepared for some impacts. top five hurricanes, could be top three hurricanes and more than 2 million people are without access to power as hurricane ian batters this on trsunshine state. you might imagine the storms a long way from being over. still a category two tonight to and headed inland direct pass to orlando where he could sit 24 hours. it will drop feet of rain. we ve got team coverage tonight and we begin with will nunley. here s where it landed in fort myers and it s been a long day for you. good evening, what s the latest? good evening. for
east coast bringing blinding rain, damaging winds and snow. we ll have the complete forecast. also tonight, the santa ana winds fanning the flames of a wildfire in ventura county, california. authorities warning residents to get to safety. call to surrender. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv with the fight raging across gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells hamas it s time to surrender and while the bombing of southern gaza intensifies, so does the desperation of the people left in the rubble. and later for you, beacons of the past. mark strassman shines a light on the push to save america s aging lighthouses. there is a lighthouse for days like this. exactly. right? this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka dunk an. good evening, everyone. jericka is off. i m errol barnett. we begin in season the ral tennessee where powerful storms kill at least six people and unleashed a trail of terror in the state. tonight, crews are still digging
what s happening. now our prayers continue to be with the people of florida tonight for the coming days, the weeks, they ll be dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane. stay with fox news and we will continue coverage all night long. we have the best team in the business and they are covering all aspects on the ground with all of our reporters. if everybody have a good night. safe prayers. hello, welcome to a special two hour fox news at night, i m trace gallagher in los angeles. hurricane ian made landfall this afternoon in southwest florida and its battering areas in southwest florida. of company s been beyond that. we have seen life-threatening life surges. we have a truck issue and the
spinups definitely likely as these outer rain bands come pivoting in here rapidly. when that tornado warning was issued the storm was moving at 80 miles per hour. so it gives you little to no warning to prepare. so the latest here at 8:00 this morning is that eyewall is making landfall, it still hasn t technically made landfall by hurricane center definitions but it s awfully close and it s battering areas of the keys right now. we ve seen top wind gusts of 94 miles per hour. so let s take a look at the latest update here on the radar as we go over to the big monitor. you will be able to see that we do have the big circulation spinning here to the northwest at about 6 miles an hour, i believe actually, 8 mile per hour. so it s a little bit faster than how you would walk down the street, but it s this painful approach to south florida that is causing all the problems. it s the wind, it s the surge. so let s break it down for you. chi west, you are in the thick of it right now, 100 to